This comes on the heels of several incidents, including a one last summer when a homeless man was killed by a brush-clearing tractor as he rested on the side of the road, and a cleanup of a homeless encampment in Queen Anne last month.

“Now that we are 3 years into the 10 Year Plan To End Homelessness we realize it is a joke and an act of denial of the true nature of the problem. The lack of affordable housing is far reaching and will NOT be solved with this insignificant plan,” reads one of the statements on the group’s Web Site, nickelsvilleseattle.org.

Friday’s organizing rally will serve soup and take place at Third Avenue and Yesler Way at 5 p.m.